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Songkhla gambling bust nets 224
Wichayant Boonchote, Published on 11/06/2016
» SONGKHLA: More than 200 Thai and Malaysian gamblers were arrested and cash worth over 2 million baht was seized during a raid on a gambling den near the Thai-Malaysian border in Sadao district early Saturday.
Hat Yai under tight security
Wichayant Boonchote, Published on 23/04/2016
» HAT YAI — Authorities have stepped up security measures against car bombs in the South's largest city following intelligence reports about possible attacks by southern insurgents this weekend.
B83m seized from foreign firm in Songkhla
Wichayant Boonchote, Published on 28/01/2016
» SONGKHLA – Money-laundering investigators raided the local office of foreign-operated MBI Group, seizing about 83 million baht in cash from a company-owned hotel.
Malaysian businessman gunned down in Hat Yai
Wichayant Boonchote, Published on 04/12/2015
» SONGKHLA ---A 54-year-old Malaysian businessman was killed and his Thai girlfriend injured in a shooting in Hat Yai district on Friday.
Debt called likely motive in Malaysian businessman's death
Wichayant Boonchote, Published on 07/12/2015
» Detectives concluded on Monday that a conflict over 300 million baht in debts was the likely motive for the murder of a 54-year-old Malaysian businessman in Songkhla province last week.
Police: 'No threats' against Paween
News, Wichayant Boonchote, Published on 24/12/2015
» SONGKHLA - No threats were made against officers handling human trafficking cases, despite claims to the contrary by former probe head Paween Pongsirin, deputy police chief Srivara Ransibrahmanakul says.
Shophouse blaze kills family of 4
News, Wichayant Boonchote, Published on 31/01/2014
» A family of four were killed when fire swept through their shophouse in Bangkok's Din Daeng district early yesterday morning.
Venerable Hat Yai market struggles on
News, Wichayant Boonchote, Published on 24/08/2013
» In downtown Hat Yai, surrounded by a thriving central business district complete with upscale supermarkets, restaurants and modern coffee shops, Kimyong market seems never to lose its appeal. To visitors, it is still worth exploring, even if it is not the bustling centre of trade it was in the past.
Avoiding the tourist dollar
News, Wichayant Boonchote, Published on 28/09/2013
» The tourist dollar is a strong lure for many people in Thailand, but not the residents of Koh Yor, a beautiful islet in the great Songkhla Lake.
Lee Gardens Plaza owner vows to carry on
News, Wichayant Boonchote, Published on 04/04/2012
» The owner and founder of Lee Gardens Plaza Hotel and shopping mall in Songkhla's Hat Yai says he is undaunted by Saturday's insurgent bomb attack and is determined to soldier on.